55 m. ago 'I hope he's rotting in hell': Devastated mother of woman murdered by Jack the Ripper copycat killer says she finally has 'closure' after his death in prison aged 64

Jackie Summerford has faced 18 years of agony after Derek Brown slaughtered her girl, Bonnie Barrett, in 2007. Her daughter's killer died suddenly last month while behind bars.

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10 h. ago Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victimsAs of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day.In reality the deaths are not spaced out so evenly. Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Girl, 12, 'died after being trapped under tree branch for hours' in playground

Brooke Wiggins died after the branch snapped when she was using a rope swing and she ended up lying crushed under a tree branch for up to two hours, an inquest has heard

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19 h. ago Schoolgirl died after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, 12, was playing with friends when the horror incident occurred as the branch gave way.

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21 h. ago Girl, 12, killed after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, aged 12, was playing with friends and using a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, when the branch snapped and she died after being crushed by the tree, a court heard

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22 h. ago Ashling Murphy killer's chilling seven words to wife after school teacher murder

A court heard how Jozef Puska told his wife Lucia Istokova he 'didn't mean to kill that girl' but she was 'scared' to inform the authorities following the shocking murder

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25 h. ago Girl, 12, killed when she was ‘crushed under fallen tree branch for up to two hours’

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl died when a fallen tree branch crushed her while playing with pals, an inquest heard. Brooke Wiggins was having fun on a rope swing when tragedy struck in Banstead, Surrey on November 9 last year. Paramedics were called to the scene, near the junction with Carshalton Road, after the horror unfolded. It...

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25 h. ago Girl, 12, was killed while playing with friends after a tree branch snapped and fell on her, an inquest hears

Brooke Wiggins was using a rope swing when the branch broke off and caused her to become trapped. Her friends tried to free her before an ambulance arrived. She died soon after.

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4 d. ago Man charged over Marcus's death: Family's agony after British teenager who was jailed for holiday romance in Dubai with girl, 17, dies in crash three months after prison release

Marcus Fakana, 19, tragically died after a car he was a passenger in smashed into another vehicle while it was being tailed by the Metropolitan Police in Tottenham, north London.

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4 d. ago Rail firm fined £1m over death of woman who put her head out of train window

Bethan Roper, 28, died after being struck by a tree branch while returning home after a day out shopping

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4 d. ago Teenager, 19, jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl, 17, killed in crash after police chase in north London

Marcus Fakana, 19, died from ‘significant’ injuries sustained in the smash just before 1am on Friday and a man has been charged with causing death by dangerosu driving

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4 d. ago £1m fine after Welsh woman killed putting her head out of train window

Bethan Roper, who was 28, died while returning home to Wales on a train with friends from a day out shopping in Bath. She placed her head outside a window and was struck by an overhanging tree branch while the train

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4 d. ago Teenager, 19, jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl, 17, killed in crash after car fails to stop for police in north London

Marcus Fakana, 19, died from ‘significant’ injuries after the smash just before 1am on Friday

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4 d. ago Brit teen who was jailed in Dubai for sex with girl, 17, is killed in car crash

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4 d. ago Teenager jailed in Dubai over romance with girl, 17, killed in crash in north London

Teenager jailed in Dubai over romance with girl, 17, killed in crash in north London  London Evening Standard

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4 d. ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

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5 d. ago Teen girl gang who killed pensioner, 75, in vicious street attack they filmed on mobile phone are locked up

Fredi Rivero, 75, died in hospital after he was punched to the ground by three teenage girls, who lunched an unprovoked attack which they film on a mobile phone. The girls were jailed today.

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6 d. ago Girl, 6, killed by driver as she stepped off bus with her mum

Millie Gribble, 6, who was killed by a driver in Barton, Lancashire

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8 d. ago Female cousins aged 20 and girl, 15, all tortured to death on horrific livestream video

Two young cousins and a 15 year-old girl were lured into a van, tortured and killed in a video livestreamed to a warped audience.

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8 d. ago Female cousins aged 20 and girl, 15, all decapitated during livestreamed torture video

Two young cousins and a teen girl were tortured and killed on a livestream on social media in a case that has shocked Argentina and the world.

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